Jack Smith is going after Trump like he's a rank-and-file Jan. 6 rioter: Ex-prosecutor

Special counsel Jack Smith's plan to bring Donald Trump's role in the Jan. 6 attack into the broader 2020 election interference case shows he's essentially treating the former president as just another rioter, former federal prosecutor Mary McCord told MSNBC's Alex Wagner Friday.

"It provides important context," argued McCord. "[Trump] intended all along for his conduct to result in overriding the will of the people."

She added, "It's a natural outgrowth of what was in the indictment, but we see and much greater details, a preview of what the trial, what the evidence will show a trial."

McCord's analysis comes on the heels of new filings from the special counsel's office that Wagner argued haven't gotten enough press.

"This one to me seems significant in the it ties those 1,200-plus Jan. 6 cases through the looming federal trial against Donald Trump on January 6 charges," Wagner argued.

McCord agreed "it's kind of funky."

The new filings build on the indictment narrative of a "the multi-prong effort" that included unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud, pressure on state lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence and the culminating riot on Jan. 6, McCord contends.

"It ties into the violence, but here, we're seeing exactly what the government says it intends to introduce, video evidence, geolocation evidence, audio evidence, things to show that are relevant, meaning that they tend to prove evidence more probable than not and relevant," McCord said.

"They are important to show the motive and intent of Donald Trump, things that he did during the riot, things that he said after, shows that he intended all along to obstruct the official proceeding."

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